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Jan 17, 2023 | referred to transportation |
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
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Patricia Fahy
Harvey Epstein
Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
Jeffrey Dinowitz
A1627 (ACTIVE) - Details
A1627 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1627 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, FAHY, EPSTEIN, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, DINOWITZ, SILLITTI, SAYEGH, JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to lowering the blood alcohol concentration required for driving while intoxicated from .08 of one per centum to .05, and for aggravated driving while intoxicated from .18 of one per centum to .12 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2, paragraph (a) of subdivision 2-a, subdivi- sion 5 and subdivision 6 of section 1192 of the vehicle and traffic law, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 3 of the laws of 2002, paragraph (a) of subdivision 2-a as amended by chapter 496 of the laws of 2009 and subdivisions 5 and 6 as amended by chapter 236 of the laws of 2003, are amended to read as follows: 2. Driving while intoxicated; per se. No person shall operate a motor vehicle while such person has [.08] .05 of one per centum or more by weight of alcohol in the person's blood as shown by chemical analysis of such person's blood, breath, urine or saliva, made pursuant to the provisions of section eleven hundred ninety-four of this article. (a) Per se. No person shall operate a motor vehicle while such person has [.18] .12 of one per centum or more by weight of alcohol in such person's blood as shown by chemical analysis of such person's blood, breath, urine or saliva made pursuant to the provisions of section elev- en hundred ninety-four of this article. 5. Commercial motor vehicles: per se - level I. Notwithstanding the provisions of section eleven hundred ninety-five of this article, no person shall operate a commercial motor vehicle while such person has .04 of one per centum or more but not more than [.06] .05 of one per centum by weight of alcohol in the person's blood as shown by chemical analysis of such person's blood, breath, urine or saliva, made pursuant EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02953-01-3